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Fame Material

Three of Hollywood’s most promising leading-men-to-be sport looks from the forefront of new American tailoring.

Photography by John Russo
Styling by Ashley Weston

Who he’s wearing:

District Homme. Californian designer Deborah Sabet’s motto is to create a bespoke suit that reflects the personality of the man wearing it. A recipient of the CFDA Scholarship Award, she began as a women’s designer for Target’s in-house brands, until the Los Angeles–based sportswear company Hard Tail recruited her to start a menswear line under their umbrella. After launching District Homme in 2009, Sabet is planning to expand her label to women’s suits.

“There’s definitely a stigma attached to being Asian-American. I remember growing up and getting picked last all the time," explains Yeun. "Back in college, most of my friends were basketball players, 6-foot-5 or taller, and I’m here, 5-foot-9 on a great day. So I’d play basketball with them and have this chip on my shoulder. I think my character Glenn comes from that, too; we want to give people more than what they give us credit for.”

Perry Ellis by Duckie Brown. Steven Cox and Daniel Silver, the duo behind Duckie Brown, are stirring things up at Perry Ellis. Since taking over as Creative Directors in 2012, Cox and Silver -- respectively a Tommy Hilfiger alum from London and a former TV producer from Toronto -- have revived the menswear line with their signature quirkiness, using the finest European tailoring techniques.

"I am not cookie-cutter -- I don’t fit into a lot of traditional American archetypes," Bhabha says. "Hollywood is a fast business, and what happens is a bunch of boxes get thrown into a room and they need to find the correct-sized peg to fit in all these boxes, and that doesn’t always result in interesting match-ups.”

Antonio Azzuolo. Antonio Azzuolo launched his custom-tailoring label five years ago after designing for Hermès and Ralph Lauren. Some may remember him as the endearing ball of nerves in the CFDA/Vogue web series The Fashion Fund, in which he was a 2011 finalist. Using old-world expertise to suit up the young urban man, the Montreal native, now based in Manhattan, carved a niche in the rising-designers clique.

“I don’t have a ‘style’ so much as a mishmash of different clothes that are on the floor or in the drawer at any given time," says McAuliffe, who stars in this year's The Great Gatsby. "I’m not one to make myself look good or even dress up unless I have to go to a photo shoot or something like that. Most of my wardrobe is really simple: T-shirts, jeans, hockey pants, and stuff like that. All recreational clothing.”